Climate change and economic approaches into water allocation: optimization via direct benefits of water—the case study of Rudbar Lorestan hydropower dam (Iran) - Masoud Kazem; Daryl Mc.Phee; Alireza Torkaman Rashid; Amir Kazem (Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2016)

Morphological and nanomechanical analyses of ground tire rubber-modified asphalts - A. M. Feroze Rashid; Zahid Hossain (Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 2016)
Automobile industries produce more than 5.2 million tons of scrapped tires each year in the United States. Disposal of such a huge amount of waste scrapped tires has become a serious environmental issue. Scopes to use scrapped tires in the form of Ground Tire Rubber (GTR) in pavement industry have been analyzed in recent years. The GTR has potential to improve hot mix asphalt’s performance from the view points of stiffness, resilience and shock absorbance properties. On the other hand, in recent years, researchers have attempted to explain performance of asphalt in terms of its nanomechanical characteristics. In this study, the PeakForce Quantitative Nanomechanical Mapping (PFQNM™) mode of an atomic force microscope has been employed to find basic nanomechanistic properties and the morphology of GTR-modified asphalt binders. A performance grade (PG) binder (PG 64-22) modified with two different grades of GTR (Mesh #30 and Mesh #40) samples have been evaluated in this study. Nanomechanical properties such as adhesion, energy dissipation, deformation, and DMT (Derjaguin, Muller, and Toporov) modulus for the GTR-modified binders have been quantified. Each sample was scanned for three different (5 × 5, 10 × 10, and 20 × 20 µm) areas. The PFQNM™ analyses revealed distinct microstructures and grain distributions among tested additive modified binder samples. Two distinct phases, namely Catana and Peri-phase, were observed in GTR-modified samples, although the DMT moduli were found to be in a close range in these areas. The neat binder showed another phase, named Perpetua, which was missing from the GTR-modified samples. It was observed that modification of asphalt by addition of GTR considerably changes the mechanistic properties of the base binder.

Quality control and homogenization of daily meteorological data in the trans-boundary region of the Jhelum River basin - Rashid Mahmood; Shaofeng Jia (Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2016)

TK1656, an L-asparaginase from Thermococcus kodakarensis, a novel candidate for therapeutic applications - Shahid Mahmood Chohan; Muhammad Atif Nisar; Naeem Rashid; Ghazaleh Gharib; Qamar Bashir; Masood Ahmed Siddiqui (Biologia, 2016)

Pcal_1127, a highly stable and efficient ribose-5-phosphate pyrophosphokinase from Pyrobaculum calidifontis - Tahira Bibi; Sumera Perveen; Iram Aziz; Qamar Bashir; Naeem Rashid; Tadayuki Imanaka; Muhammad Akhtar (Extremophiles, 2016)

Modelling spatial, altitudinal and temporal variability of annual precipitation in mountainous regions: The case of the Middle Zagros, Iran - Rashid Saeidabadi; Mohammed S. Najafi; GholamReza Roshan; Jennifer M. Fitchett; Shoaieb Abkharabat (Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 2016)

Impact analysis of climate change on Kolahoi Glacier in Liddar Valley, north-western Himalayas - Syed Umer Latief; S. M. Rashid; Rupendra Singh (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2016)

Response of Adult Brown Planthopper Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) to Rice Nutrient Management - M M Rashid; M Jahan; K S Islam (Neotropical Entomology, 2016)

Chemomodulatory effect Melastoma Malabathricum Linn against chemically induced renal carcinogenesis rats via attenuation of inflammation, oxidative stress, and early markers of tumor expansion - Amita Verma; Prakash Chandra Bhatt; Gaurav kaithwas; Nikunj Sethi; Mohd Rashid; Yashwant Singh; Mahfoozur Rahman; Fahad Al-Abbasi; Firoz Anwar; Vikas Kumar (Inflammopharmacology, 2016)

Rediscovering the Arabian sand cat (Felis margarita harrisoni) after a gap of 10 years using camera traps in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Shakeel Ahmed; Rashid Al Zaabi; Pritpal Soorae; Junid N. Shah; Eissa Al Hammadi; Ricardo Pusey; Sheikha Al Dhaheri (European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2016)

Investigation of temporal change in glacial extent of Chitral watershed using Landsat data: a critique - Irfan Rashid; Tariq Abdullah (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2016)

Effect of foliation orientation on the P- and S-wave velocity anisotropies and dynamic elastic constants of the quartz-micaschists metamorphic rocks, Angouran mine, Iran - Ramin Nikrouz; Hassan Moomivand; Rashid Azad (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2016)

Isolation and identification of bioactive compounds from chloroform fraction of methanolic extract of Carissa opaca roots - Dildar Ahmed; Khaizran Fatima; Ramsha Saeed; Rashid Masih (Natural Product Research, 2016)

Hydrogeochemical assessment of Moradabad city, an important industrial town of Uttar Pradesh, India - Naseem us Saba; Rashid Umar (Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2016)

Nucleotide homeostasis and purinergic nociceptive signaling in rat meninges in migraine-like conditions - Gennady G. Yegutkin; Cindy Guerrero-Toro; Erkan Kilinc; Kseniya Koroleva; Yevheniia Ishchenko; Polina Abushik; Raisa Giniatullina; Dmitriy Fayuk; Rashid Giniatullin (Purinergic Signalling, 2016)

Synthesis, in vitro potential and computational studies on 2-amino-1, 4-dihydropyrimidines as multitarget antibacterial ligands - Muhammad Jawad Ahmad; Syed Fahad Hassan; Riffat Un Nisa; Khurshid Ayub; Muhammad Shahid Nadeem; Samina Nazir; Farzana Latif Ansari; Naveeda Akhtar Qureshi; Umer Rashid (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2016)

Effect of UV-A radiation as an environmental stress on the development, longevity, and reproduction of the oriental armyworm, Mythimna separata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - Arif Ali; Muhammad Adnan Rashid; Qiu Ying Huang; Chao-Liang Lei (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016)

Erratum to: Pcal_0768, a hyperactive 4-α-glucanotransferase from Pyrobaculum calidifontis - Sumaira Mehboob; Nasir Ahmad; Naeem Rashid; Tadayuki Imanaka; Muhammad Akhtar (Extremophiles, 2016)

Minimizing the impact of fishing - Rainer Froese; Henning Winker; Didier Gascuel; U Rashid Sumaila; Daniel Pauly (Fish and Fisheries, 2016)
Minimizing the impact of fishing is an explicit goal in international agreements as well as in regional directives and national laws. To assist in practical implementation, three simple rules for fisheries management are proposed in this study: 1) take less than nature by ensuring that mortality caused by fishing is less than the natural rate of mortality; 2) maintain population sizes above half of natural abundance, at levels where populations are still likely to be able to fulfil their ecosystem functions as prey or predator; and 3) let fish grow and reproduce, by adjusting the size at first capture such that the mean length in the catch equals the length where the biomass of an unexploited cohort would be maximum ( L opt ). For rule 3), the basic equations describing growth in age‐structured populations are re‐examined and a new optimum length for first capture ( L c_opt ) is established. For a given rate of fishing mortality, L c_opt keeps catch and profit near their theoretical optima while maintaining large population sizes. Application of the three rules would not only minimize the impact of fishing on commercial species, it may also achieve several goals of ecosystem‐based fisheries management, such as rebuilding the biomass of prey and predator species in the system and reducing collateral impact of fishing, because with more fish in the water, shorter duration of gear deployment is needed for a given catch. The study also addresses typical criticisms of these common sense rules for fisheries management.

Heavy metal accumulation in the leaves of Potamogeton natans and Ceratophyllum demersum in a Himalayan RAMSAR site: management implications - Syed Shakeel Ahmad; Zafar A. Reshi; Manzoor A. Shah; Irfan Rashid; Roshan Ara; Syed M. A. Andrabi (Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2016)

Criteria of Acceptance for Constant Rate of Strain Consolidation Test for Tropical Cohesive Soil - Khairul Anuar Kassim; Ahmad Safuan A. Rashid; Ahmad Beng Hong Kueh; Chong Siaw Yah; Lam Chee Siang (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2016)

Liposomal Aerosols of Nitric Oxide (NO) Donor as a Long-Acting Substitute for the Ultra-Short-Acting Inhaled NO in the Treatment of PAH - Kamrun Nahar; Jahidur Rashid; Shahriar Absar; Fahad I. Al-Saikhan; Fakhrul Ahsan (Pharmaceutical Research, 2016)

Fads1 and 2 are promoted to meet instant need for long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in goose fatty liver - Rashid H. Osman; Long Liu; Lili Xia; Xing Zhao; Qianqian Wang; Xiaoxian Sun; Yihui Zhang; Biao Yang; Yun Zheng; Daoqing Gong; Tuoyu Geng (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2016)

Pcal_0768, a hyperactive 4-α-glucanotransferase from Pyrobacculum calidifontis - Sumaira Mehboob; Nasir Ahmad; Naeem Rashid; Tadayuki Imanaka; Muhammad Akhtar (Extremophiles, 2016)

An Empirical Study on Compatibility of Sarawak Forest Ordinance and Bidayuh Native Customary Laws in Forest Management - Julia Nelson; Nur Muhammed; Rosmalina Abdul Rashid (Small-scale Forestry, 2016)

Biofortification of wheat, rice and common bean by applying foliar zinc fertilizer along with pesticides in seven countries - H. Ram; A. Rashid; W. Zhang; A. P. Duarte; N. Phattarakul; S. Simunji; M. Kalayci; R. Freitas; B. Rerkasem; R. S. Bal; K. Mahmood; E. Savasli; et al. (Plant and Soil, 2016)

Escherichia coli as a fatty acid and biodiesel factory: current challenges and future directions - Ziaur Rahman; Naim Rashid; Javed Nawab; Muhammad Ilyas; Bong Hyun Sung; Sun Chang Kim (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016)

Marine capture fisheries in the Arctic: winners or losers under climate change and ocean acidification? - Vicky W Y Lam; William W L Cheung; U Rashid Sumaila (Fish and Fisheries, 2016)
Climate change, ocean acidification (OA) and the subsequent changes in marine productivity may affect fisheries and eventually the whole economy in the Arctic. We analysed how changes in climate and ocean pH under scenarios of anthropogenic CO 2 emissions are likely to affect the economics of marine fisheries in the Arctic. We applied a Dynamic Bioclimate Envelope Model (DBEM) and outputs from four different Earth System Models (ESMs) to project future changes in the distribution and maximum catch potential of exploited marine fishes and invertebrates. We projected that total fisheries revenue in the Arctic region may increase by 39% (14–59%) by 2050 relative to 2000 under the Special Reports on Emission Scenario (SRES) A2. Simultaneously, total fishing costs, fishers’ incomes, household incomes and economy‐wide impacts in the Arctic are also projected to increase. Climate change with OA is expected to reduce the potential increases in catch and the economic indicators studied herein. Although the projections suggest that Arctic countries are likely to be ‘winners’ under climate change in comparison with tropical developing countries, the effects of OA will lower the expected future benefits in the Arctic. The predicted impacts are likely to be conservative as we consider only the direct effects of OA on fishes and calcifiers, of which there are only a few in the Arctic. Results of this study would be useful for designing effective adaptation strategies to climate change and measures to mitigate the potential negative impacts of OA in the Arctic.

A refined classification approach by integrating Landsat Operational Land Imager (OLI) and RADARSAT-2 imagery for land-use and land-cover mapping in a tropical area - Maher Ibrahim Sameen; Faten Hamed Nahhas; Faez Hussein Buraihi; Biswajeet Pradhan; Abdul Rashid B. Mohamed Shariff (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2016)

Statistical downscaling of rainfall: a non-stationary and multi-resolution approach - Md. Mamunur Rashid; Simon Beecham; Rezaul Kabir Chowdhury (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2016)

Chemopreventive effect of 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid via modulation of inflammatory markers and induction of apoptosis in human hepatoma cell line (HepG2) - Syed Kazim Hasan; Aisha Siddiqi; Sana Nafees; Nemat Ali; Summya Rashid; Rashid Ali; Ayaz Shahid; Sarwat Sultana (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2016)

Observed and Projected Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Fisheries, Aquaculture, Coastal Tourism, and Human Health: An Update - Lauren V. Weatherdon; Alexandre K. Magnan; Alex D. Rogers; U. Rashid Sumaila; William W. L. Cheung (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016)

Playing hide-and-seek with the tiny dragonfly: DNA barcoding discriminates multiple lineages of Nannophya pygmaea in Asia - V. L. Low; M. Sofian-Azirun; Y. Norma-Rashid (Journal of Insect Conservation, 2016)

Microarray: gateway to unravel the mystery of abiotic stresses in plants - Ambreen Gul; Ammara Ahad; Sidra Akhtar; Zarnab Ahmad; Bushra Rashid; Tayyab Husnain (Biotechnology Letters, 2016)

Elevated CO2 influences host plant defense response in chickpea against Helicoverpa armigera - Hari C. Sharma; Abdul Rashid War; Mandeep Pathania; Suraj P Sharma; S. MD. Akbar; Rajendra S Munghate (Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2016)

Comparative performance of mixed-sex and hormonal-sex-reversed Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus and hybrids (Oreochromis niloticus × Oreochromis urolepis hornorum) cultured in concrete tanks - Moses Mbiru; Samwel Mchele Limbu; Sebastian W. Chenyambuga; Hieromin Amon Lamtane; Rashid Tamatamah; Nazael Amos Madalla; Augustine Warioba Mwandya (Aquaculture International, 2016)

Temporal distribution of non-methane hydrocarbon (NMHC) in a developing equatorial island - Wesam A. Al Madhoun; Nor Azam Ramli; Ahmad Shukri Yahaya; M. Rashid (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2016)

Foliar NK application mitigates drought effects in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) - Rai Altaf Hussain; Rashid Ahmad; Fahim Nawaz; Muhammad Yasin Ashraf; Ejaz Ahmad Waraich (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2016)

Massive land system changes impact water quality of the Jhelum River in Kashmir Himalaya - Mohmmad Irshad Rather; Irfan Rashid; Nuzhat Shahi; Khalid Omar Murtaza; Khalida Hassan; Abdul Rehman Yousuf; Shakil Ahmad Romshoo; Irfan Yousuf Shah (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2016)

Growth and Oxidative Stress of Brittlewort (Nitella pseudoflabellata) in Response to Cesium Exposure - Keerthi Sri Senartahna Atapaththu; Md Harun Rashid; Takashi Asaeda (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2016)

Simultaneous acid red 27 decolourisation and bioelectricity generation in a (H-type) microbial fuel cell configuration using NAR-2 - Seyedeh Nazanin Kardi; Norahim Ibrahim; Noor Aini Abdul Rashid; Ghasem Najafpour Darzi (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016)

Investigating the mechanisms of seasonal ENSO phase locking bias in the ACCESS coupled model - Harun A. Rashid; Anthony C. Hirst (Climate Dynamics, 2016)

Influence of fatty acids content in non-edible oil for biodiesel properties - Lai Fatt Chuah; Suzana Yusup; Abdul Rashid Abd Aziz; Jiří Jaromír Klemeš; Awais Bokhari; Mohd Zamri Abdullah (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2016)

A re-interpretation of impact of the Icelandic Low and Azores High on winter precipitation over Iberian Peninsula - M. J. Iqbal; Shahnaz Feroz Rashid (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2016)

Pcal_1699, an extremely thermostable malate dehydrogenase from hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum calidifontis - Ghazaleh Gharib; Naeem Rashid; Qamar Bashir; Qura-tul Ann Afza Gardner; Muhammad Akhtar; Tadayuki Imanaka (Extremophiles, 2016)

Time-dependent physicochemical characteristics of Malaysian residual soil stabilized with magnesium chloride solution - Nima Latifi; Ahmad Safuan A. Rashid; Nurhan Ecemis; Mahmood Md Tahir; Aminaton Marto (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2016)

Performance and emission of diesel engine fuelled by waste cooking oil methyl ester derived from palm olein using hydrodynamic cavitation - Lai Fatt Chuah; Abdul Rashid Abd Aziz; Suzana Yusup; Awais Bokhari; Jiří Jaromír Klemeš; Mohd Zamri Abdullah (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2015)

The contribution of volatilization and exudation to the allelopathic phytotoxicity of invasive Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. monilifera (boneseed) - Md. Abdullah Yousuf Al Harun; Joshua Johnson; Randall W. Robinson (Biological Invasions, 2015)

Experiments in ancient Maya bloodletting: quantification of surface wear on obsidian blades - W. James Stemp; Mason D. Andruskiewicz; Matthew A. Gleason; Yusuf H. Rashid (Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2015)

Hydro-climatic aspects of Indus River flow propagation - Syed Ahmad Hassan; M. Rashid Kamal Ansari (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

Behavior of Weak Soils Reinforced with End-Bearing Soil-Cement Columns Formed by the Deep Mixing Method - Ahmad Safuan A. Rashid; Jonathan A. Black; Hisham Mohamad; Norhazilan Mohd Noor (Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 2015)

TaqMan probe real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the quantification of canine DNA in chicken nugget - Md. Mahfujur Rahman; Sharifah Bee Abd Hamid; Wan Jefrey Basirun; Subha Bhassu; Nur Raifana Abdul Rashid; Shuhaimi Mustafa; Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa; Md. Eaqub Ali (Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 2015)

Expression of different mechanisms of resistance to insects in groundnut under field conditions - Abdul Rashid War; Rajendra Sudhakar Munghate; Hari Chand Sharma (Phytoparasitica, 2015)

Spatial soil analysis using geostatistical analysis and map Algebra - Ebrahim Jahanshiri; Abdul Rashid bin Mohamed Shariff; Fazel Amiri; Mohd Amin Mohd Soom; Aimrun Wayayokb; Taher Buyonga; Biswajeet Pradhan (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

Preservation of glacial and interglacial phases in Tethys Himalaya: evidence from geochemistry and petrography of Permo-Carboniferous sandstones from the Spiti region, Himachal Pradesh, India - Shaik A. Rashid; Javid Ahmad Ganai (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

Use of statistical and GIS techniques to assess and predict concentrations of heavy metals in soils of Lahore City, Pakistan - Nayab Alam; Sajid Rashid Ahmad; Abdul Qadir; Muhammad Imran Ashraf; Calvin Lakhan; V. Chris Lakhan (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2015)

Projected climate change impacts on vegetation distribution over Kashmir Himalayas - Irfan Rashid; Shakil Ahmad Romshoo; Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi; N. H. Ravindranath; Raman Sukumar; Mathangi Jayaraman; Thatiparthi Vijaya Lakshmi; Jagmohan Sharma (Climatic Change, 2015)

Effect of pH on the static adsorption of foaming surfactants on Malaysian sandstone - Muhammad Mushtaq; Isa M. Tan; Umer Rashid; Muhammad Sagir; Mudassar Mumtaz (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

Isolation, structure elucidation and enzyme inhibition studies of a new hydroxy ester and other compounds from Berberis jaeschkeana Schneid stem - Muhammad Alamzeb; M. Rafiullah Khan; Mamoon-Ur-Rashid; Saqib Ali; Ashfaq Ahmad Khan (Natural Product Research, 2015)

Erratum to: Benefitting from geoinformatics: Estimating floristic diversity of Warwan Valley in Northwestern Himalaya, India - Akhtar Hussain Malik; Irfan Rashid; Aijaz Hassan Ganie; Anzar Ahmad Khuroo; Ghulam Hassan Dar (Journal of Mountain Science, 2015)

A suitable method to detect potential fraud of bringing Malayan box turtle ( Cuora amboinensis ) meat into the food chain - Md. Eaqub Ali; Asing; Sharifah Bee Abd Hamid; Md. Abdur Razzak; Nur Raifana Abd Rashid; Md. Al Amin; Shuhaimi Mustafa (Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 2015)

Hesperidin ameliorates trichloroethylene-induced nephrotoxicity by abrogation of oxidative stress and apoptosis in wistar rats - Aisha Siddiqi; Sana Nafees; Summya Rashid; Sarwat Sultana; Bano Saidullah (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2015)

Genetic analysis suggests a shared origin of Punica granatum cultivars in Oman with cultivars from the center of origin, Iran - Abdullah M. Al-Sadi; Ahmed R. AL-Fahdi; Rashid A. Al-Yahyai; Aisha G. Al-Ghaithi; Fahad A. Al-Said; Muhammad J. Soleiman (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2015)

Major and trace element geochemistry of lake sediments, India: implications for weathering and climate control - Shaik A. Rashid; Javid A. Ganai; Ather Masoodi; Fareed A. Khan (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

A suitable method for the detection of a potential fraud of bringing macaque monkey meat into the food chain - Nur Raifana Abdul Rashid; Md. Eaqub Ali; Sharifah Bee Abd Hamid; Md. Mahfujur Rahman; Md. Abdur Razzak; Asing; Md. Al Amin (Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 2015)

A fungal transcription factor gene is expressed in plants from its own promoter and improves drought tolerance - Félix Martínez; Anjuman Arif; Sergio G. Nebauer; Eduardo Bueso; Rashid Ali; Consuelo Montesinos; Veronique Brunaud; Jesús Muñoz-Bertomeu; Ramón Serrano (Planta, 2015)

Benefitting from geoinformatics: Estimating floristic diversity of Warwan Valley in Northwestern Himalaya, India - Akhtar Hussain Malik; Irfan Rashid; Ajaiz Hassan Ganie; Anzar Ahmad Khuroo; Ghulam Hassan Dar (Journal of Mountain Science, 2015)

Production of human interferon alpha-2b in Escherichia coli and removal of N-terminal methionine utilizing archaeal methionine aminopeptidase - Amina Arif; Qura-Tul-Ann A. Gardner; Naeem Rashid; Muhammad Akhtar (Biologia, 2015)

Starch-processing enzymes — emphasis on thermostable 4-α-glucanotransferases - Nasir Ahmad; Sumaira Mehboob; Naeem Rashid (Biologia, 2015)

Evaluation of chemical and microbial quality of groundwater of Moradabad City, India - Naseem Us Saba; Rashid Umar; Arina Khan (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

Optimization of Multiple Reservoirs Operation with Consideration to Sediment Evacuation - Muhammad Usman Rashid; Abdul Sattar Shakir; Noor Muhammad Khan; Abid Latif; Muhammad Mubashir Qureshi (Water Resources Management, 2015)

Occupational exposure to chemicals and oxidative toxic stress - Esmaeel Soleimani; Rashid Hidari Moghadam; Akram Ranjbar (Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences, 2015)

Syndromic surveillance of peste des petits ruminants and other animal diseases in Koinadugu district, Sierra Leone, 2011–2012 - Abu James Sundufu; Rashid Ansumana; Alfred Swarray Bockarie; Umaru Bangura; Joseph Morrison Lamin; Kathryn H. Jacobsen; David Andrew Stenger (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2015)

Development of Rapid Consolidation Equipment for Cohesive Soil - Khairul Anuar Kassim; Ahmad Safuan A. Rashid; Ahmad Beng Hong Kueh; Chong Siaw Yah; Lam Chee Siang; Norhazilan Mohd Noor; Hossein Moayedi (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2015)

Fe3O4/SiO2/TiO2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of 2-chlorophenol in simulated wastewater - Jamshaid Rashid; M. A. Barakat; Y. Ruzmanova; A. Chianese (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2015)

Application of GIS for the identification and demarcation of selective heavy metal concentrations in the urban groundwater - Sobia Ashraf; Farhat Abbas; Muhammad Ibrahim; Umer Rashid; Shoaib Khalid; Hammad Raza Ahmad; Khalid Rehman Hakeem; Tahir Majeed (Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2015)

Tannic acid mitigates the DMBA/croton oil-induced skin cancer progression in mice - Ferial Majed; Summya Rashid; Abdul Quaiyoom Khan; Sana Nafees; Nemat Ali; Rashid Ali; Rehan Khan; Syed Kazim Hasan; Syed Jafar Mehdi; Sarwat Sultana (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2015)

Synthesis, docking studies, and in silico ADMET predictions of some new derivatives of pyrimidine as potential KSP inhibitors - Umer Rashid; Syed Fahad Hassan; Samina Nazir; Abdul Wadood; Muhammad Waseem; Farzana Latif Ansari (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2015)

Malondialdehyde; Lipid peroxidation plasma biomarker correlated with hepatic fibrosis in human Schistosoma mansoni infection - Inas Abdel Aziz; Mariam Yacoub; Laila Rashid; Ahmad Solieman (Acta Parasitologica, 2015)
Schistosomiasis is a debilitating parasitic disease, affects large number of host species. Currently affects 250-300 million people in tropic areas. Schistosoma pathogenic impact is hepatic periportal fibrosis; the parasite-induced inflammatory cellular activation promotes oxidative stress, resulting in lipid peroxidation (LPO), with subsequent increase in inflammatory mediators as malondialdehyde (MDA). This study was set up to reveal possible contribution of lipid peroxidation byproducts MDA in hepatic pathophysiology. Results displayed that MDA don’t tend to change in relation with either age, nor hepatic transaminases AST & ALT, while exhibited a significant increase in MDA levels in human schistosomiasis versus control group P

Effectiveness of biostimulation through nutrient content on the bioremediation of phenanthrene contaminated soil - Roshanak Rezaei Kalantary; Anoushiravan Mohseni-Bandpi; Ali Esrafili; Simin Nasseri; Fatemeh Rashid Ashmagh; Sahand Jorfi; Mahsa Ja’fari (Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, 2014)
Bioremediation has shown its applicability for removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from soil and sediments. In the present study, the effect of biostimulation on phenanthrene removal from contaminated soil via adding macro and/or micronutrients and trace elements was investigated. For these purposes three macro nutrients (as N, P and K), eight micronutrients (as Mg, S, Fe, Cl, Zn, Mn, Cu and Na) and four trace elements (as B, Mo, Co and Ni) in 11 mineral salts (MS) as variables were used. Placket-Burman statistical design was used to evaluate significance of variables (MS) in two levels of high and low. A consortium of adapted microorganisms with PAHs was used for inoculation to the soil slurry which was spiked with phenanthrene in concentration of 500 mg/kg soil. The optimal reduction resulted when a high level of macro nutrient in the range of 67-87% and low level of micro nutrient in the range of 12-32% were used with the nitrogen as the dominant macronutrient. The Pareto chart showed that NH 4 NO 3 was the most effective variable in this experiment. The effect of elements on phenanthrene biodegradation showed following sequence as N > K > P > Cl > Na > Mg. Effectiveness of the other elements in all runs was less than 1%. The type and concentration of nutrient can play an important role in biodegradation of phenanthrene. Biostimulation with suitable combination of nutrient can enhance bioremediation of PAHs contaminated soils.

Feasibility of the hydrogen sulfide test for the assessment of drinking water quality in post-earthquake Haiti - Thomas A. Weppelmann; Meer T. Alam; Jocelyn Widmer; David Morrissey; Mohammed H. Rashid; Valery M. Beau De Rochars; J. Glenn Morris; Afsar Ali; Judith A. Johnson (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014)

An integrated approach for aquifer vulnerability mapping using GIS and rough sets: study from an alluvial aquifer in North India - Arina Khan; Haris Hasan Khan; Rashid Umar; Muneeb Hasan Khan (Hydrogeology Journal, 2014)

Statistical downscaling of multi‐site daily rainfall in a South Australian catchment using a Generalized Linear Model - Simon Beecham; Mamunur Rashid; Rezaul K. Chowdhury (International Journal of Climatology, 2014)
The intention of this study was to identify a suitable Generalized Linear Model ( GLM ) for modelling multi‐site daily rainfall in the Onkaparinga catchment in South Australia and to examine the suitability of the model for downscaling of General Circulation Model ( GCM ) rainfall projections. A GLM was applied and multi‐site daily rainfall was downscaled using National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research ( NCEP / NCAR ) reanalysis datasets. Nineteen large‐scale atmospheric and circulation variables were selected at first and these were eventually reduced, based on correlation with daily rainfall, to 10 final variables to be used in the model. First, logistic regression was used to identify the wet and dry days, then wet day rainfall was modelled using a gamma distribution. The model was fitted for a calibration period (1991–2010) and it was then validated over the period 1981–1990. Several summary statistics including mean, standard deviation, number of wet days, maximum rainfall amount and lag 1 and lag 2 autocorrelations were used to check the model performance. The 2.5th and 97.5th percentiles of the simulated rainfall statistics were plotted against the observed rainfall statistics and it was shown that most of the observed statistics were within these bounds. Area averaged and station wise monthly, seasonal and annual totals for observed and simulated rainfall were estimated and compared. The overall performance of the GLM to downscale rainfall was considered satisfactory. However, a few discrepancies were observed in different performance statistics. Parameterization of the model to capture the local convective variability of rainfall would increase the model performance. It was found overall that the GLM can be applied for downscaling of GCM rainfall projections for this catchment.

Phytochemical relationship of Euphorbia helioscopia and Euphorbia pulcherrima with Lactuca sativa - Hafiza Ayesha Rehman; Zubaida Yousaf; Madiha Rashid; Afifa Younas; Ayesha Arif; Ismah Afzal; Waheed Akram (Natural Product Research, 2014)

Marine Fisheries Catches in Ghana: Historic Reconstruction for 1950 to 2010 and Current Economic Impacts - F. K. E. Nunoo; B. Asiedu; K. Amador; Dyhia Belhabib; Vicky Lam; Rashid Sumaila; Daniel Pauly (Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, 2014)

The zoonotic potential of avian influenza viruses isolated from wild waterfowl in Zambia - Edgar Simulundu; Naganori Nao; John Yabe; Nilton A. Muto; Thami Sithebe; Hirofumi Sawa; Rashid Manzoor; Masahiro Kajihara; Mieko Muramatsu; Akihiro Ishii; Hirohito Ogawa; Aaron S. Mweene; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2014)

Is shrinking groundwater resources leading to socioeconomic and environmental degradation in Central Ganga Plain, India? - Izrar Ahmed; Abdulaziz A. Al-Othman; Rashid Umar (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

Mercury accumulation in selected tissues of shrimp Penaeus merguiensis from Musa estuary, Persian Gulf: variations related to sex, size, and season - Mehdi Hosseini; Seyed Mohammad Bagher Nabavi; Yaghoob Parsa; Rashid Alijani Ardashir (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014)

China's distant‐water fisheries in the 21st century - Daniel Pauly; Dyhia Belhabib; Roland Blomeyer; William W W L Cheung; Andrés M Cisneros‐Montemayor; Duncan Copeland; Sarah Harper; Vicky W Y Lam; Yining Mai; Frédéric Le Manach; Henrik Österblom; Ka Man Mok; et al. (Fish and Fisheries, 2014)
We conservatively estimate the distant‐water fleet catch of the P eople's R epublic of C hina for 2000–2011, using a newly assembled database of reported occurrence of Chinese fishing vessels in various parts of the world and information on the annual catch by vessel type. Given the unreliability of official statistics, uncertainty of results was estimated through a regionally stratified M onte C arlo approach, which documents the presence and number of Chinese vessels in Exclusive Economic Zones and then multiplies these by the expected annual catch per vessel. We find that C hina, which over‐reports its domestic catch, substantially under‐reports the catch of its distant‐water fleets. This catch, estimated at 4.6 million t year −1 (95% central distribution, 3.4–6.1 million t year −1 ) from 2000 to 2011 (compared with an average of 368 000 t·year −1 reported by China to FAO ), corresponds to an ex‐vessel landed value of 8.93 billion € year −1 (95% central distribution, 6.3–12.3 billion). Chinese distant‐water fleets extract the largest catch in African waters (3.1 million t year −1 , 95% central distribution, 2.0–4.4 million t), followed by Asia (1.0 million t year −1 , 0.56–1.5 million t), Oceania (198 000 t year −1 , 144 000–262 000 t), Central and South America (182 000 t year −1 , 94 000–299 000 t) and Antarctica (48 000 t year −1 , 8 000–129 000 t). The uncertainty of these estimates is relatively high, but several sources of inaccuracy could not be fully resolved given the constraints inherent in the underlying data and method, which also prevented us from distinguishing between legal and illegal catch.

Factors affecting groundwater chemistry in regional arid basins of variable lithology: example of Wadi Umairy, Oman - Osman Abdalla; Rashid bin Yahya Al-Abri (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

Genetic diversity of functional food species Spinacia oleracea L. by protein markers - M. Rashid; Z. Yousaf; M.S. Haider; S. Khalid; H.A. Rehman; A. Younas; A. Arif (Natural Product Research, 2014)

Inter-Municipal Landfill Site Selection Using Analytic Network Process - Afsaneh Afzali; Soheil Sabri; M. Rashid; Jamal Mohammad Vali Samani; Ahmad Nazri Muhamad Ludin (Water Resources Management, 2014)

Cattle egrets as a biosentinels of persistent organic pollutants exposure - Mudassar Khan; Ashiq Mohammad; Karam Ahad; Athanasios Katsoyiannis; Salman Akbar Malik; Muhammad Abdullaha; Azhar Rashid; Mauro Fasola; Alamdar Hussain; Habib Bokhari; Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2014)

Physical and mechanical properties of medium density fiber board (MDF) fabricated from banana plant (Musa sapientum) stem and midrib - Md. Mamunur Rashid; Atanu Kumar Das; Md. Iftekhar Shams; Subir Kumar Biswas (Journal of the Indian Academy of Wood Science, 2014)

Effect of a Previous Washing Step with Tannic Acid on the Quality of Minced Horse Mackerel ( Trachurus trachurus ) During Frozen Storage - Faisal Rashid Sofi; S. M. Zofair; Vijay Kumar Reddy Surasani; K. K. Sabha Nissar; Rajkumar Ratankumar Singh (Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 2014)

Synthesis, characterization antibacterial and antifungal activity of some transition metal complexes - Wajid Rehman; Zonera Hassan; Umer Rashid; Fazal Rahim; Obaid-Ur-Rahman Abid; Muhammad Waseem (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

Comparing flow regime, channel hydraulics, and biological communities to infer flow–ecology relationships in the Mara River of Kenya and Tanzania - Michael E. McClain; Amanda L. Subalusky; Elizabeth P. Anderson; Shimelis Behailu Dessu; Assefa M. Melesse; Preksedis M. Ndomba; Joseph O.D. Mtamba; Rashid A. Tamatamah; Cosmas Mligo (Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2014)

Effect of eurycomanone on cytochrome P450 isoforms CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2C8, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2E1 and CYP3A4 in vitro - Yan Pan; Kai Hung Tiong; Badrul Amini Abd-Rashid; Zakiah Ismail; Rusli Ismail; Joon Wah Mak; Chin Eng Ong (Journal of Natural Medicines, 2014)

Sustainability of winter tourism in a changing climate over Kashmir Himalaya - Reyaz Ahmad Dar; Irfan Rashid; Shakil Ahmad Romshoo; Asif Marazi (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014)

Nonlinear precipitation response to El Niño and global warming in the Indo-Pacific - Christine T. Y. Chung; Scott B. Power; Julie M. Arblaster; Harun A. Rashid; Gregory L. Roff (Climate Dynamics, 2014)

Cloning and characterization of Na+/H+ antiporter (LfNHX1) gene from a halophyte grass Leptochloa fusca for drought and salt tolerance - Muhammad Rauf; Khurram Shahzad; Rashid Ali; Moddassir Ahmad; Imran Habib; Shahid Mansoor; Gerald A. Berkowitz; Nasir A. Saeed (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Application of Taguchi method to satellite image fusion for object-oriented mapping of Barchan dunes - Vahid Moosavi; Seyed Rashid Fallah Shamsi; Hamidreza Moradi; Bagher Shirmohammadi (Geosciences Journal, 2014)

A geospatial model for the optimization grazing management in semi-arid rangeland of Iran - Fazel Amiri; Abdul Rashid bin Mohamed Shariff; Taybeh Tabatabaie; Biswajeet Pradhan (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

A new model (DRASTIC-LU) for evaluating groundwater vulnerability in parts of central Ganga Plain, India - Fakhre Alam; Rashid Umar; Shakeel Ahmed; Farooq Ahmad Dar (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

Jasmonic and salicylic acid-induced resistance in sorghum against the stem borer Chilo partellus - Barkat Hussain; Abdul Rashid War; Hari Chand Sharma (Phytoparasitica, 2014)

Improved PCR for identification of members of the genus Xanthomonas - John Adriko; Ernest Rashid Mbega; Carmen Nieves Mortensen; Ednar Gadelha Wulff; Wilberforce Kateera Tushemereirwe; Jerome Kubiriba; Ole Søgaard Lund (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2014)

How much could a tanker spill cost British Columbians? - Ngaio Hotte; U. Rashid Sumaila (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2014)

Creating Living Cellular Machines - Roger D. Kamm; Rashid Bashir (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2014)

Beneficial effects of Chrysin against Methotrexate-induced hepatotoxicity via attenuation of oxidative stress and apoptosis - Nemat Ali; Summya Rashid; Sana Nafees; Syed Kazim Hasan; Sarwat Sultana (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2014)

Monitoring rangeland ground cover vegetation using multitemporal MODIS data - Hassan Yeganeh; Seyed jamale Khajedein; Fazel Amiri; Abdul Rashid B. Mohamed Shariff (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

Assessing the impacts of changing land cover and climate on Hokersar wetland in Indian Himalayas - Shakil Ahmad Romshoo; Irfan Rashid (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

In vitro and in silico exploration of IL-2 inhibition by small drug-like molecules - Saima Kalsoom; Umer Rashid; Awais Shaukat; Omer Mohamed Abdalla; Khalida Hussain; Waqasuddin Khan; Samina Nazir; Mohammad Ahmad Mesaik; Zaheer-ul-Haq; Farzana Latif Ansari (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Spatial patterns of heavy metals in soil under different geological structures and land uses for assessing metal enrichments - Loghman Khoda Krami; Fazel Amiri; Alireza Sefiyanian; Abdul Rashid B. Mohamed Shariff; Tayebeh Tabatabaie; Biswajeet Pradhan (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2013)

Sulfur-impregnated porous carbon for removal of mercuric chloride: optimization using RSM - Kashif Rashid; K. Suresh Kumar Reddy; Ahmed Al Shoaibi; C. Srinivasakannan (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2013)

An effective visualization and comparison of online terrain draped with multi-sensor satellite images - Ruzinoor Che Mat; Abdul Rashid Mohamed Shariff; Biswajeet Pradhan; Ahmad Rodzi Mahmud; Mohd Shafry Mohd Rahim (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2013)

Exploring Patterns of Seafood Provision Revealed in the Global Ocean Health Index - Kristin M. Kleisner; Catherine Longo; Marta Coll; Ben S. Halpern; Darren Hardy; Steven K. Katona; Frédéric Le Manach; Daniel Pauly; Andrew A. Rosenberg; Jameal F. Samhouri; Courtney Scarborough; U. Rashid Sumaila; et al. (Ambio, 2013)

Global marine yield halved as fishing intensity redoubles - Reg A Watson; William W L Cheung; Jonathan A Anticamara; Rashid U Sumaila; Dirk Zeller; Daniel Pauly (Fish and Fisheries, 2013)
There is widespread concern and debate about the state of global marine resources and the ecosystems supporting them, notably global fisheries, as catches now generally stagnate or decline. Many fisheries are not assessed by standard stock assessment methods including many in the world's most biodiverse areas. Though simpler methods using widely available catch data are available, these are often discounted largely because data on fishing effort that contributed to the changes in catches are mostly not considered. We analyse spatial and temporal patterns of global fishing effort and its relationship with catch to assess the status of the world's fisheries. The study reveals that fleets now fish all of the world's oceans and have increased in power by an average of 10‐fold (25‐fold for Asia) since the 1950s. Significantly, for the equivalent fishing power expended, landings from global fisheries are now half what they were a half‐century ago, indicating profound changes to supporting marine environments. This study provides another dimension to understand the global status of fisheries.

Direct Regularized Estimation of Retinal Vascular Oxygen Tension Based on an Experimental Model - Isa Yildirim; Rashid Ansari; I. Samil Yetik; Mahnaz Shahidi (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2013)

Effect of land use activities on PAH contamination in urban soils of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan - Ikhtiar ud Din; Audil Rashid; Tariq Mahmood; Azeem Khalid (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2013)

Geospatial modelling approach for identifying disturbance regimes and biodiversity rich areas in North Western Himalayas, India - Irfan Rashid; Shakil Ahmad Romshoo; Tartiparti Vijayalakshmi (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2013)

Effect of plant secondary metabolites on legume pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera - Abdul Rashid War; Michael Gabriel Paulraj; Barkat Hussain; Abdul Ahad Buhroo; Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; Hari Chand Sharma (Journal of Pest Science, 2013)

A Genomic Region Upstream of Arabidopsis thaliana PELPK1 Promotes Transcription in Aleurone Tissues and in Response to Pseudomonas syringae or Pythium irregulare - Abdur Rashid; Neil Hobson; Michael K. Deyholos (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2013)

Evaluation of SDSM developed by annual and monthly sub-models for downscaling temperature and precipitation in the Jhelum basin, Pakistan and India - Rashid Mahmood; Mukand S. Babel (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2013)

Defensive Responses in Groundnut Against Chewing and Sap-Sucking Insects - Abdul Rashid War; Michael Gabriel Paulraj; Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; Hari Chand Sharma (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2013)

Impact of anthropogenic activities on water quality of Lidder River in Kashmir Himalayas - Irfan Rashid; Shakil Ahmad Romshoo (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2013)

A modified empirical criterion for strength of transversely anisotropic rocks with metamorphic origin - Omid Saeidi; Rashid Geranmayeh Vaneghi; Vamegh Rasouli; Raoof Gholami (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2013)

Bayesian Decision‐Network Modeling of Multiple Stakeholders for Reef Ecosystem Restoration in the Coral Triangle - DIVYA A. VARKEY; TONY J. PITCHER; MURDOCH K. McALLISTER; RASHID S. SUMAILA (Conservation Biology, 2013)
Proposals for marine conservation measures have proliferated in the last 2 decades due to increased reports of fishery declines and interest in conservation. Fishers and fisheries managers have often disagreed strongly when discussing controls on fisheries. In such situations, ecosystem‐based models and fisheries‐stock assessment models can help resolve disagreements by highlighting the trade‐offs that would be made under alternative management scenarios. We extended the analytical framework for modeling such trade‐offs by including additional stakeholders whose livelihoods and the value they place on conservation depend on the condition of the marine ecosystem. To do so, we used Bayesian decision‐network models (BDNs) in a case study of an Indonesian coral reef fishery. Our model included interests of the fishers and fishery managers; individuals in the tourism industry; conservation interests of the state, nongovernmental organizations, and the local public; and uncertainties in ecosystem status, projections of fisheries revenues, tourism growth, and levels of interest in conservation. We calculated the total utility (i.e., value) of a range of restoration scenarios. Restricting net fisheries and live‐fish fisheries appeared to be the best compromise solutions under several combinations of settings of modeled variables. Results of our case study highlight the implications of alternate formulations for coral reef stakeholder utility functions and discount rates for the calculation of the net benefits of alternative fisheries management options. This case study may also serve as a useful example for other decision analyses with multiple stakeholders. Modelo de Red de Decisión Bayesiana de Múltiples Actores Interesados en la Restauración de Ecosistemas de Arrecife en el Triángulo de Coral

The Combined Effect of Sleep Deprivation and Western Diet on Spatial Learning and Memory: Role of BDNF and Oxidative Stress - Karem H. Alzoubi; Omar F. Khabour; Heba A. Salah; Baraa E. Abu Rashid (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2013)

Uptake and localisation of small-molecule fluorescent probes in living cells: a critical appraisal of QSAR models and a case study concerning probes for DNA and RNA - Richard W. Horobin; Juan C. Stockert; F. Rashid-Doubell (Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 2013)

Proteomic Profiling of the Aleurone Layer of Mature Arabidopsis thaliana Seed - Abdur Rashid; Ajay Badhan; Michael Deyholos; Nat Kav (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2013)

Mineralization and herbage recovery of animal manure nitrogen after application to various soil types - G. M. Shah; M. I. Rashid; G. A. Shah; J. C. J. Groot; E. A. Lantinga (Plant and Soil, 2013)

Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of bischalcone derivatives - Asif Husain; Aftab Ahmad; Ibraheem Ahmed I. Mkhalid; Ravinesh Mishra; Mohd Rashid (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Estimating the spatial distribution of organic carbon density for the soils of Ohio, USA - Sandeep Kumar; Rattan Lal; Desheng Liu; Rashid Rafiq (Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2013)

Contribution of TGFβ1 Codon 10 Polymorphism to High Myopia in an Ethnic Kashmiri Population from India - Shabhat Rasool; Ishfaq Ahmed; Rubiya Dar; Sheikh Gazalla Ayub; Sabia Rashid; Tariq Jan; Tahir Ahmed; Niyaz A. Naikoo; Khurshid I. Andrabi (Biochemical Genetics, 2013)

Prevalence, molecular diagnosis and treatment of Mycoplasma conjunctivae isolated from infectious keratoconjunctivitis affected Lohi sheep maintained at Livestock Experiment Station, Bahadurnagar, Okara, Pakistan - Waseem Shahzad; Rashid Munir; Mohammad Younus Rana; Rashid Ahmad; Mohammad Sarwar Khan; Ghulam Akbar; Mohammad Ijaz; Fayyaz Mehmood (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2013)

Identification of an antiepileptic lead compound with a more selective activity and its analogues for GABA-AT using in silico approach - Hina Naz Khan; Saima Kulsoom; Hamid Rashid (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Selenium (Se) Seed Priming Induced Growth and Biochemical Changes in Wheat Under Water Deficit Conditions - Fahim Nawaz; M. Yasin Ashraf; Rashid Ahmad; Ejaz Ahmad Waraich (Biological Trace Element Research, 2013)

Water quality associated public health risk in Bo, Sierra Leone - David H. Jimmy; Abu J. Sundufu; Anthony P. Malanoski; Kathryn H. Jacobsen; Rashid Ansumana; Tomasz A. Leski; Umaru Bangura; Alfred S. Bockarie; Edries Tejan; Baochuan Lin; David A. Stenger (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2013)

Value of soil zinc balances in predicting fertilizer zinc requirement for cotton-wheat cropping system in irrigated Aridisols - Ejaz Rafique; Abdul Rashid; M. Mahmood-ul-Hassan (Plant and Soil, 2012)

Biofortification of wheat with zinc through zinc fertilization in seven countries - C. Q. Zou; Y. Q. Zhang; A. Rashid; H. Ram; E. Savasli; R. Z. Arisoy; I. Ortiz-Monasterio; S. Simunji; Z. H. Wang; V. Sohu; M. Hassan; Y. Kaya; et al. (Plant and Soil, 2012)

Generation of the Sotos syndrome deletion in mice - Anna M. Migdalska; Louise van der Weyden; Ozama Ismail; Alistair G. Rust; Mamunur Rashid; Jacqueline K. White; Gabriela Sánchez-Andrade; James R. Lupski; Darren W. Logan; Mark J. Arends; David J. Adams (Mammalian Genome, 2012)

Biodegradation of mono-hydroxylated PCBs by Burkholderia xenovorans - Rouzbeh Tehrani; Monica M. Lyv; Rashid Kaveh; Jerald L. Schnoor; Benoit Aken (Biotechnology Letters, 2012)

Molecular phylogeny of Pakistani riverine buffalo based on genetic variability of mitochondrial cytochrome b gene - Rashid Saif; Muhammad Wasim; Masroor Ellahi Babar (Molecular Biology Reports, 2012)

Cloning, characterization and molecular docking of a highly thermostable β-1,4-glucosidase from Thermotoga petrophila - Ikram Ul Haq; Mahmood Ali Khan; Bushra Muneer; Zahid Hussain; Sumra Afzal; Sana Majeed; Naeem Rashid; Muhammad Mohsin Javed; Ishtiaq Ahmad (Biotechnology Letters, 2012)

Deciphering heavy metal contamination zones in soils of a granitic terrain of southern India using factor analysis and GIS - D PURUSHOTHAM; MAHJOOR AHMAD LONE; MEHNAZ RASHID; A NARSING RAO; SHAKEEL AHMED (Journal of Earth System Science, 2012)

Integrating geospatial and ground geophysical information as guidelines for groundwater potential zones in hard rock terrains of south India - Mehnaz Rashid; Mahjoor Ahmad Lone; Shakeel Ahmed (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2012)

Speciative distribution and bioavailability of metals in agricultural soils receiving industrial wastewater - Saadia Rashid Tariq; Amna Bashir (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2012)

Geoinformatics for assessing the morphometric control on hydrological response at watershed scale in the Upper Indus Basin - SHAKIL AHMAD ROMSHOO; SHAKEEL AHMAD BHAT; IRFAN RASHID (Journal of Earth System Science, 2012)

Forest cover change assessment in conflict-affected areas of northwest Pakistan: the case of swat and shangla districts - Faisal Mueen Qamer; Sawaid Abbas; Rashid Saleem; Khurram Shehzad; Hassan Ali; Hammad Gilani (Journal of Mountain Science, 2012)

Addressing global change challenges for Central Asian socio-ecosystems - Jiaguo Qi; Temirbek S. Bobushev; Rashid Kulmatov; Pavel Groisman; Garik Gutman (Frontiers of Earth Science, 2012)

Prevalence of TP53 germ line mutations in young Pakistani breast cancer patients - Muhammad U. Rashid; Sidra Gull; Kashif Asghar; Noor Muhammad; Asim Amin; Ute Hamann (Familial Cancer, 2012)

Upon the tightrope in prostate cancer: two acrobats on the same tightrope to cross the finishline - Ammad Ahmad Farooqi; Sundas Fayyaz; Sadia Rashid (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2012)

An efficient anticancer histone deacetylase inhibitor and its analogues for human HDAC8 - Nighat Noureen; Hamid Rashid; Saima Kalsoom (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2012)

Metabolism of alprazolam (a marker of CYP3A4) in hemodialysis patients with persistent inflammation - Hadi Molanaei; Peter Stenvinkel; Abdul Rashid Qureshi; Juan Jesús Carrero; Olof Heimbürger; Bengt Lindholm; Ulf Diczfalusy; Ingegerd Odar-Cederlöf; Leif Bertilsson (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2012)

SSR and RAPD analysis of genetic diversity in walnut (Juglans regia L.) genotypes from Jammu and Kashmir, India - Nazeer Ahmed; J. I. Mir; Reyazul Rouf Mir; Nazir Ahmad Rather; Rizwan Rashid; Shabir. H. Wani; Wajida Shafi; Hidayatullah Mir; M. A. Sheikh (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2012)

Environmental impact assessment (EIA): an overlooked instrument for sustainable development in Pakistan - Rashid Saeed; Ayesha Sattar; Zafar Iqbal; Muhammad Imran; Raziya Nadeem (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2012)

Assessment of hydrogeochemical characteristics of groundwater in parts of Hindon–Yamuna interfluve region, Baghpat District, Western Uttar Pradesh - Rashid Umar; Fakhre Alam (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2012)

Municipal Solid Waste Management in Moradabad City, India - Masood Ahsan Siddiqui; Syed Mohammad Rashid; Lubna Siddiqui; Shahzad Ali Ansari (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2012)

Using vorticity to quantify the relative importance of heterogeneity, viscosity ratio, gravity and diffusion on oil recovery - Bilal Rashid; Astor-Lonice Bal; Glyn J. J. Williams; Ann H. Muggeridge (Computational Geosciences, 2012)

Transgenic Lines of Oryza Sativa (Basmati 2000) Expressing Xa21 Demonstrate Enhanced Resistance to Bacterial Blight - Amber Afroz; Afsari Qureshi; Muzna Zahur; Umer Rashid; Hamid Rashid (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2012)

DNA fingerprinting of Pakistani buffalo breeds (Nili-Ravi, Kundi) using microsatellite and cytochrome b gene markers - Rashid Saif; Masroor Ellahi Babar; Ali Raza Awan; Asif Nadeem; Abu-Saeed Hashmi; Tanveer Hussain (Molecular Biology Reports, 2012)

GIS-Based Analysis and Modeling of Coastline Advance and Retreat Along the Coast of Guyana - Sajid Rashid Ahmad; V. Chris Lakhan (Marine Geodesy, 2012)

Serological evidence of caprine arthritis–encephalitis virus (CAEV) infection in indigenous goats in the Sultanate of Oman - Mohamed Hassan Tageldin; Eugene H. Johnson; Rashid M. Al-Busaidi; Khalid R. Al-Habsi; Seif S. Al-Habsi (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2012)

Climate links and recent extremes in antarctic sea ice, high-latitude cyclones, Southern Annular Mode and ENSO - Alexandre Bernardes Pezza; Harun A. Rashid; Ian Simmonds (Climate Dynamics, 2012)

Alien flora of India: taxonomic composition, invasion status and biogeographic affiliations - Anzar A. Khuroo; Zafar A. Reshi; Akhtar H. Malik; Ewald Weber; Irfan Rashid; G. H. Dar (Biological Invasions, 2012)

Herbivore-induced resistance in different groundnut germplasm lines to Asian armyworm, Spodoptera litura (Fab.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - Abdul Rashid War; Michael Gabriel Paulraj; Mohd Yousf War; Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2012)

Jasmonic Acid-Mediated-Induced Resistance in Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Against Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - Abdul Rashid War; Michael Gabriel Paulraj; Mohd Yousf War; Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2011)

Pacific Rim Forestry - Thomas Brandeis; Olaf Kuegler; Robert Pattison; Örjan Jonsson; James Halperin; Kathleen McGinely; Constance Carpenter; Kathleen Friday; Guy Robertson; Nicklos Dudley; Robert James; Richard Sniezko; et al. (Journal of Forestry, 2011)
68Stakeholders' questions about subtropical and tropical forests can be as diverse and unique as the forests themselves. Obtaining the information needed to begin answering these questions requires innovation and adaptation of existing forest mensuration and inventory techniques that were developed primarily for use in temperate and boreal forests with a strong forest industry presence. Five cycles of forest inventory and monitoring in Puerto Rico and two cycles in the US Virgin Islands under the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program highlight the commonalities and differences between working in these subtropical forests and the temperate forests of the continental United States. Additionally, the Caribbean implementation of the FIA program has often taken a different approach from that used in the Pacific Islands territories. We can improve on delivery of forest resource information to island stakeholders by studying these experiences. By sharing the lessons learned with other Pacific Rim countries engaging in forest inventory and monitoring, we can learn from each other.

Identification of the deleterious 2080insA BRCA1 mutation in a male renal cell carcinoma patient from a family with multiple cancer diagnoses from Pakistan - Muhammad U. Rashid; Sidra Gull; Saima Faisal; Saba Khaliq; Kashif Asghar; Neelam Siddiqui; Asim Amin; Ute Hamann (Familial Cancer, 2011)

First cloning and characterization of aspartate aminotransferase from river buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) - Muhammad Shahid Nadeem; Naeem Rashid; Muzaffar Iqbal; Qurra-tul-Ann Afza Gardner; Muhammad Akhtar (Biologia, 2011)

A facile and one pot synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted-1H-1,2,3-triazoles from terminal alkynes and phenacyl azides prepared from styrenes by CAN oxidant and sodium azide - Mosadegh Keshavarz; Rashid Badri (Molecular Diversity, 2011)

Comments on ‘Does the Agulhas Current amplify global temperatures during super‐interglacials?’ - H. Rashid; F. O. Otieno; M. K. Konfirst (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2011)

PELPK1 (At5g09530) contains a unique pentapeptide repeat and is a positive regulator of germination in Arabidopsis thaliana - Abdur Rashid; Michael K. Deyholos (Plant Cell Reports, 2011)

Emergence of Aureobasidium pullulans as human fungal pathogen and molecular assay for future medical diagnosis - Giek Far Chan; Mohamad Safwan Ahmad Puad; Chai Fung Chin; Noor Aini Abdul Rashid (Folia Microbiologica, 2011)

Medical history and the risk of biliary tract cancers in Shanghai, China: implications for a role of inflammation - Gabriella Andreotti; Enju Liu; Yu-Tang Gao; Mahboobeh Safaeian; Asif Rashid; Ming-Chang Shen; Bin-Shen Wang; Jie Deng; Tian-Quian Han; Bai-He Zhang; Ann W. Hsing (Cancer Causes & Control, 2011)

In vitro determination of the effect of Andrographis paniculata extracts and andrographolide on human hepatic cytochrome P450 activities - Yan Pan; Badrul Amini Abd-Rashid; Zakiah Ismail; Rusli Ismail; Joon Wah Mak; Peter C. K. Pook; Hui Meng Er; Chin Eng Ong (Journal of Natural Medicines, 2011)

Geospatial tools for assessing land degradation in Budgam district, Kashmir Himalaya, India - MEHNAZ RASHID; MAHJOOR AHMAD LONE; SHAKIL AHMAD ROMSHOO (Journal of Earth System Science, 2011)

Immunohistochemical expression of VEGF predicts response to platinum based chemotherapy in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer - G. K. Siddiqui; A. B. Maclean; K. Elmasry; A. Wong te Fong; R. W. Morris; M. Rashid; R. H. J. Begent; G. M. Boxer (Angiogenesis, 2011)

Climate variability and maize yield in the Limpopo region of South Africa: Results from GME and MELE methods - Wisdom Akpalu; Hassan M. Rashid; Claudia Ringler (Climate and Development, 2011)

A Land Surface Zoning Approach Based on Three-Component Risk Criteria for Groundwater Quality Protection - A. Ahmed Fadlelmawla; Mahmoud Fayad; Hamdi El-Gamily; Tarik Rashid; Amitabha Mukhopadhyay; Vincent Kotwicki (Water Resources Management, 2011)

Photolysis, Sonolysis, and Photosonolysis of Trichloroethane (TCA), Trichloroethylene (TCE), and Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) Without Catalyst - Md. Mamunur Rashid; Chikashi Sato (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2011)

Enhanced resistance against bacterial wilt in transgenic tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) lines expressing the Xa21 gene - Amber Afroz; Zubeda Chaudhry; Umer Rashid; Ghulam Muhammad Ali; Farhat Nazir; Javaid Iqbal; Muhammad Rashid Khan (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2011)

Prediction of the Madden–Julian oscillation with the POAMA dynamical prediction system - Harun A. Rashid; Harry H. Hendon; Matthew C. Wheeler; Oscar Alves (Climate Dynamics, 2011)

Gene cloning and characterization of glycine oxidase from newly isolated Bacillus subtilis strain R5 - Farrukh Jamil; Naeem Rashid; Qurra-tul-Ann Afza Gardner; Muhammad Akhtar (Biologia, 2011)

Spatial–temporal assessment and redesign of groundwater quality monitoring network: a case study - Rashid Reza Owlia; Ahmad Abrishamchi; Massoud Tajrishy (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2011)

Prevalence and molecular diagnosis of Trypanosoma evansi in Nili-Ravi buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in different districts of Punjab (Pakistan) - Waseem Shahzad; Rashid Munir; Mohammad S. Khan; Mansur D. Ahmad; Mohammad Ijaz; Ashfaq Ahmad; Mohammad Iqbal (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2010)

In vitro development of microcorms and stigma like structures in saffron (Crocus sativus L.) - Javid Iqbal Mir; Nazeer Ahmed; Shabir H. Wani; Rizwan Rashid; Hidayatullah Mir; Muneer A. Sheikh (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2010)

Distribution of heavy metals in atmospheric air of the arid zones in Central Asia - Rashid Kulmatov; Mirabbos Hojamberdiev (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2010)

Evaluation of Mucoadhesive Hydrogels Loaded with Diclofenac Sodium–Chitosan Microspheres for Rectal Administration - Eman S. El-Leithy; Dalia S. Shaker; Mohamed K. Ghorab; Rania S. Abdel-Rashid (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2010)

Preparation and Characterization of a Novel Co-processed Excipient of Chitin and Crystalline Mannitol - Nidal Daraghmeh; Iyad Rashid; Mahmoud M. H. Al Omari; Stephen A. Leharne; Babur Z. Chowdhry; Adnan Badwan (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2010)

Discount factors and the performance of alternative fisheries governance systems - Ussif Rashid Sumaila; Marcos Domínguez‐Torreiro (Fish and Fisheries, 2010)
We investigate the performance of different governance arrangements (command‐and‐control, self‐governance and co‐management) in terms of sustainability and conservation when the discount factor of the regulator is different from the discount factor of fishers. For exogenous discount factors, self‐governance management regimes do better than command‐and‐control in terms of the long‐term sustainability of the fish resources, if the fisher’s discount factor is higher than that of the regulator, and vice versa if the discount factor of the regulator is higher. Under the assumption of endogenous discount factors, the decision whether to promote a command‐and‐control management system or a self‐governance or co‐management structure will depend on: (i) the magnitude of the intertemporal preferences of both the fishers and the regulator; and (ii) the relative weight or political influence of the fishers on the regulators’ decision‐making process. Hence, this contribution highlights the possibility that command‐and‐control can be less sustainable than self‐governance and vice versa. It is therefore important to explicitly take account of intertemporal preferences in the decision‐making process if a governance system for a given fishery is to succeed. For many fisheries, it is difficult to know the ‘true’ discount factors of both fishers and governments, hence, the practical message from this paper is that to guide against over exploitation of fishery resources, it is prudent to put in place co‐management arrangements, since both discount factors, whatever they may be, will be weighted into the decision‐making process.

Fisheries governance and governability - Ratana Chuenpagdee; Rashid Sumaila (Fish and Fisheries, 2010)

Efficient regeneration and antioxidant potential in regenerated tissues of Piper nigrum L. - Nisar Ahmad; Hina Fazal; Bilal Haider Abbasi; Muhammad Rashid; Tariq Mahmood; Nighat Fatima (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2010)

Groundwater depth and elevation interpolation by kriging methods in Mohr Basin of Fars province in Iran - Leila Nikroo; Mazda Kompani-Zare; Ali Reza Sepaskhah; Seyed Rashid Fallah Shamsi (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2010)

Bioactive sesquiterpenes from Curcuma ochrorhiza and Curcuma heyneana - Mohd. Aspollah Sukari; Tang Sook Wah; Suhaila Md. Saad; Nur Yuhasliza Rashid; Mawardi Rahmani; Nordin Hj. Lajis; Taufiq-Yap Yun Hin (Natural Product Research, 2010)

Nematicidal natural products from the aerial parts of Buddleja crispa - Nighat Sultana; Musarrat Akhter; Rashid Ali Khan; Nighat Afza; Rasool Bakh Tareen; Abdul Malik (Natural Product Research, 2010)

Nonlinear analysis of seasonality and stochasticity of the Indus River - Syed Ahmad Hassan; M. Rashid Kamal Ansari (Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2010)

Effective solubilization and single-step purification of Bacillus licheniformis α-amylase from insoluble aggregates - N. Rashid; N. Ahmed; M. Saleem Haider; I. Haque (Folia Microbiologica, 2010)

Callus induction and whole plant regeneration in elite Indian maize (Zea mays L.) inbreds - Sujay Rakshit; Zerka Rashid; J. C. Sekhar; T. Fatma; Sain Dass (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2010)

Ectopic expression of ARR1ΔDDK in tobacco: alteration of cell fate in root tip region and shoot organogenesis in cultured segments - Syeda Zinia Rashid; Masaharu Kyo (Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2010)